Thanksgiving Recipe – Pumpkin Flan with Pecan Toffee

I finally have the chance to post some pictures and recipes from Thanksgiving dinner! But keep in mind that these recipes are not at all limited to serving just once a year, and they’re so yummy you won’t want to limit them to once a year.

From left to right: Beetroot Salad, Baked Beans, Merguez-Spiced Slow-Cooked Lamb, Sweet Potato Souffle, Green Bean Salad. Everything was so yummy, and of course we all ate far too much.

The sweet potato souffle was just about the only traditional dish on the table, with lamb and both salads intended to give the meal a more Australian, summery feel. The green bean salad took inspiration from the traditional green bean casserole. The baked beans was a lighter take on the southern American bacon-y, molasses-y baked beans.

Baked Beans

Ingredients:

290g dried borlotti beans

900g tomatoes, quartered

1 large brown onion, quartered

2 cloves garlic, peeled

15g olive oil

2 tablespoons rapadura sugar

1-2 tablespoons TM veg stock

350g water

Method:

1) Soak beans overnight and pre-cook. (I put the beans in the rice basket, cover with water, and cook for about an hour on 90 degrees.) Take beans out, dispose of cooking water.

5) Pour into a greased 20cm round pan (preferably springform) and bake in oven for 25-30 minutes until set. Leave in the tin on a rack to cool a little. Cover, and put in fridge to cool completely.

Toffee Method:

1) Put butter, sugar and honey/maple syrup in a saucepan. Stir over heat without boiling. Once sugar is dissolved, increase to high heat and boil rapidly until mixture is golden brown (about 10 minutes). Put baking paper on an oven tray, and spread pecan pieces onto baking paper. Pour toffee over pecans and cool. When ready to serve, crack toffee and sprinkle over flan.

This pumpkin flan is a nice, summery variation on the traditional pumpkin pie. Not too sweet, but so yummy!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic week and doing lots of delicious cooking! 🙂

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